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5 Mosebok 32

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1 Lyssnen, I himlar, ty jag vill tala; och jorden höre min muns ord.

2 Såsom regnet drype min lära, såsom daggen flöde mitt tal, såsom rikligt regn på grönska och såsom en regnskur på gräsets brodd.

3 Ty HERRENS namn vill jag förkunna; ja, given ära åt vår Gud.

4 Vår klippa -- ostraffliga äro hans gärningar, ty alla hans vägar äro rätta. En trofast Gud och utan svek, rättfärdig och rättvis är han.

5 De åter handlade illa mot honom; de voro icke hans barn, utan en skam för Israel, det vrånga och avoga släktet!

6 Är det så du lönar HERREN, du dåraktiga och ovisa folk? Är han då icke din fader, som skapade dig? Han danade ju dig och beredde dig.

7 Tänk på de dagar som fordom voro; akta på förgångna släktens år. Fråga din fader, han skall förkunna dig det, dina äldste, de skola säga dig det.

8 När den Högste gav arvslotter åt folken, när han fördelade människors barn, då utstakade han gränserna för folken efter antalet av Israels barn.

9 Ty HERRENS folk är hans del, Jakob är hans arvedels lott.

10 Han fann honom i öknens land, i ödsligheten, där ökendjuren tjöto. Då tog han honom i sitt beskärm och sin vård, han bevarade honom såsom sin ögonsten.

11 Likasom en örn lockar sin avkomma ut till flykt och svävar upp ovanför sina ungar, så bredde han ut sina vingar och tog honom och bar honom på sina fjädrar.

12 HERREN allena ledsagade honom, och ingen främmande gud jämte honom.

13 Han förde honom fram över landets höjder och lät honom äta av markens gröda; han lät honom suga honung ur hälleberget och olja ur den hårda klippan.

14 Gräddmjölk av kor, söt mjölk av får, fett av lamm fick du ock, vädurar från Basan och bockar, därtill fetaste märg av vete; och av druvors blod drack du vin.

15 Då blev Jesurun fet och istadig; du blev fet och tjock och stinn. Han övergav Gud, sin skapare, och föraktade sin frälsnings klippa.

16 Ja, de retade honom genom sina främmande gudar, med styggelser förtörnade de honom.

17 De offrade åt onda andar, skengudar, åt gudar som de förut icke kände, nya, som nyss hade kommit till, och som edra fäder ej fruktade för.

18 Din klippa, som hade fött dig, övergav du, du glömde Gud, som hade givit dig livet.

19 När HERREN såg detta, förkastade han dem, ty han förtörnades på sina söner och döttrar.

20 Han sade: »Jag vill fördölja mitt ansikte för dem, jag vill se vilket slut de få; ty ett förvänt släkte äro de, barn i vilka ingen trohet är.

21 De hava retat mig med gudar som icke äro gudar, förtörnat mig med de fåfängligheter de dyrka; därför skall jag reta dem med ett folk som icke är ett folk, med ett dåraktigt hednafolk skall jag förtörna dem.

22 Ty eld lågar fram ur min näsa, och den brinner ända till dödsrikets djup; den förtär jorden med dess gröda och förbränner bergens grundvalar.

23 Jag skall hopa olyckor över dem, alla mina pilar skall jag avskjuta på dem.

24 De skola utsugas av hunger och förtäras av feberglöd, av farsoter som bittert pina; jag skall sända över dem vilddjurs tänder och stoftkrälande ormars gift.

25 Ute skall svärdet förgöra deras barn, och inomhus skall förskräckelsen göra det: ynglingar såväl som jungfrur, spenabarn tillsammans med gråhårsmän.

26 Jag skulle säga: 'Jag vill blåsa bort dem, göra slut på deras åminnelse bland människor',

27 om jag icke fruktade att deras fiender då skulle vålla mig grämelse, att deras ovänner skulle misstyda det, att de skulle säga: 'Vår hand var så stark, det var icke HERREN som gjorde allt detta.'»

28 Ty ett rådlöst folk äro de, och förstånd finnes icke i dem.

29 Vore de visa, så skulle de begripa detta, de skulle första vilket slut de måste få.

30 Huru kunde en jaga tusen framför sig och två driva tiotusen på flykten, om icke deras klippa hade sålt dem, och om icke HERREN hade prisgivit dem?

31 Ty de andras klippa är icke såsom vår klippa; våra fiender kunna själva döma därom.

32 Ty av Sodoms vinträd är deras ett skott, det stammar från Gomorras fält; deras druvor äro giftiga druvor, deras klasar hava bitter smak.

33 Deras vin är drakars etter, huggormars gruvligaste gift.

34 Ja, sådant ligger förvarat hos mig, förseglat i mina förrådshus.

35 Min är hämnden och vedergällningen, sparad till den tid då deras fot skall vackla. Ty nära är deras ofärds dag, och vad dem väntar kommer med hast.

36 Ty HERREN skall skaffa rätt åt sitt folk, och över sina tjänare skall han förbarma sig, när han ser att deras kraft är borta, och att det är ute med alla och envar.

37 Då skall han fråga: Var äro nu deras gudar, klippan till vilken de togo sin tillflykt?

38 Var äro de som åto deras slaktoffers fett och drucko deras drickoffers vin? Må de stå upp och hjälpa eder, må de vara edert beskärm.

39 Sen nu att jag allena är det, och att ingen Gud finnes jämte mig. Jag dödar, och jag gör levande, jag har slagit, men jag helar ock. Ingen finnes, som kan rädda ur min hand.

40 Se, jag lyfter min hand upp mot himmelen, jag säger: Så sant jag lever evinnerligen:

41 när jag har vässt mitt ljungande svärd och min hand tager till att skipa rätt, då skall jag utkräva hämnd av mina ovänner och vedergällning av dem som hata mig.

42 Jag skall låta mina pilar bliva druckna av blod, och mitt svärd skall mätta sig av kött, av de slagnas och fångnas blod, av fiendehövdingars huvuden.

43 Jublen, I hedningar, över hans folk, ty han hämnas sina tjänares blod, han utkräver hämnd av sina ovänner och bringar försoning för sitt land, för sitt folk.

44 Och Mose kom med Hosea, Nuns son, och föredrog hela denna sång inför folket.

45 Och när Mose hade föredragit alltsammans till slut för hela Israel,

46 sade han till dem: »Akten på alla de ord som jag i dag gör till vittnen mot eder, så att I given edra barn befallning om dem, att de skola hålla alla denna lags ord och göra efter dem.

47 Ty det är icke ett tomt ord, som ej angår eder, utan det gäller edert liv; och genom detta ord skolen I länge leva i det land dit I nu dragen över Jordan, för att taga det i besittning.»

48 Och HERREN talade till Mose på denna samma dag och sade:

49 »Stig upp här på Abarimberget, på berget Nebo i Moabs land, gent emot Jeriko, så skall du få se Kanaans land, som jag vill giva åt Israels barn till besittning.

50 Och du skall där på berget, dit du stiger upp, och du skall samlas till dina fäder, likasom din broder Aron dog på berget Hor och blev samlad till sina fäder;

51 detta därför att I handladen trolöst mot mig bland Israels barn vid Meribas vatten vid Kades, i öknen Sin, i det att I icke höllen mig helig bland Israels barn.

52 Mitt framför dig skall du se landet; men du skall icke komma dit, in i det land som jag vill giva åt Israels barn

   

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2830. 'And behold, a ram' means spiritual members of the human race. This is clear from the meaning of 'a ram', dealt with below. Within the Church it is well known that the burnt offerings and sacrifices in the representative Jewish and Israelite Church meant the Lord's Divine Human. But the burnt offerings and sacrifices of the lambs meant one thing, those of sheep and she-goats another, and those of kids, rams, and he-goats, of oxen, young bulls, and calves, and of turtle doves and young pigeons meant yet other things, as also did the minchahs and drink offerings. In general these things that were sacrificed meant the Divine celestial, Divine spiritual, and Divine natural things which are the Lord's; and from meaning these they meant celestial, spiritual, and natural things which exist from Him within His kingdom, and so within every individual who is the Lord's kingdom. This may be seen also from the Holy Supper which superseded burnt offerings and sacrifices. In it the bread and the wine mean the Lord's Divine Human - the Bread His Divine celestial, the Wine His Divine spiritual - and consequently mean His love towards the whole human race, and in turn the love of the whole human race for the Lord, 2343, 2359. From this it is evident that burnt offerings and sacrifices contained within them celestial worship springing from love to the Lord, and spiritual worship springing from charity towards the neighbour, and therefore from faith in the Lord, 922, 923, 1823, 2180. What the celestial is and what the spiritual is, that is, who constitute the celestial members and who the spiritual within the Lord's kingdom or Church, has been stated rather often, see 1155, 1577, 1824, 2048, 2088, 2184, 2227, 2669, 2708, 2715.

[2] That 'a ram' then means the Lord's Divine spiritual, and so that which is spiritual with man, or what amounts to the same, spiritual members of the human race, may become clear from the burnt offerings and sacrifices that were made from rams. For example, when Aaron and his sons were consecrated to the function they performed, that is, when they were inaugurated, they were to offer one young bull for a sin offering, sprinkle its blood over the horns of the altar, and pour the remainder at the base of it. Also they were to slaughter one ram and to sprinkle its blood around the altar, and after that they were to burn the ram - the whole of it - as a burnt offering. And the blood of the second ram which had been slaughtered was to be sprinkled over the tip of Aaron's ear, and over his thumb and big toe, and after that they were to make a wave offering of it and burn it on top of the burnt offering, Exodus 29:1-35; Leviticus 8:1-end; 9:2 and following verses. Clearly all these observances were holy, but they were holy for the reason that they represented and meant holy things. Other than for this reason, none of these observances - slaughtering a young bull, sprinkling its blood over the horns of the altar and pouring the remainder at the base of it, slaying one ram and sprinkling its blood around the altar and after that burning it, and sprinkling the blood of the second ram over the tip of Aaron's ear and over his thumb and big toe and also making a wave offering of it and burning it on top of the burnt offering - would have possessed any holiness, nor thus any worship, unless they had represented holy things. But what each observance represented does not become clear to anyone except from the internal sense. That the young bull offered as a sin offering meant the Lord's Divine natural, and the ram His Divine spiritual, and at the same time spiritual members of the human race, may become clear from the meaning of a young bull and of a ram in the Word. Inaugurations into the priesthood were effected by means of spiritual things, for by means of spiritual things man is initiated into those which are celestial, or what amounts to the same, by means of the truths of faith he is initiated into good that stems from love. In a similar way when Aaron entered the Holy Place he was to offer a young bull as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, Leviticus 16:2-3.

[3] When a Nazirite was completing the period of his Naziriteship he was to offer one male lamb a year old without a blemish as a burnt offering, and one ewe-lamb a year old without a blemish as a sin offering, and one ram without blemish as a peace offering, Numbers 6:13-14, 16-17. The reason for these observances was that a Nazirite represented the celestial man, who is the likeness of the Lord, 51, 52, 1013. The celestial man is such that he is moved by celestial love, that is, by love to the Lord, and from this by celestial truth, 202, 337, 2069, 2715, 2718. This was why the Nazirite was required to sacrifice a male lamb and a ewe-lamb, meaning that which is celestial, and also to sacrifice a ram, meaning that which is spiritual. Young bulls, rams, and lambs were sacrificed at festivals. For example, on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs, together with their minchah, were to be offered as a burnt offering, Numbers 28:18-20. On the day of the firstfruits too, two-young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs, together with their minchah, were to be offered as a burnt offering, Numbers 28:26-28. At new moons two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs, together with their minchah, were to be offered as a burnt offering, Numbers 28:11-12; in the seventh month, on the first of the month, one young bull, one ram, seven lambs, together with their minchah; and on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs; and so on, see Numbers 29:1-2, 12-14, 17-18, 20-24, 26-36. Young bulls and rams meant spiritual things, while lambs meant celestial. For at festivals it was required that those taking part were to be sanctified and were brought into that condition by means of spiritual things.

[4] Since 'rams' meant the Divine spiritual of the Lord's Divine Human, and also spiritual things residing with man, it is therefore said in Ezekiel, where the New Temple and the New Jerusalem, that is, the Lord's spiritual kingdom, are referred to, that when they had finished cleansing the altar they were to offer a young bull as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering; and for seven days they were to provide daily a he-goat for a sin offering, and a young bull and a ram, Ezekiel 43:23-25. Also 'on that day' the prince on behalf of all the people was to provide a young bull for a sin offering, and on the seven days of the feast seven young bulls and seven rams, together with the minchah, as a burnt offering, Ezekiel 45:22-24; and on the sabbath day he was to provide six lambs and a ram, Ezekiel 46:4; 6.

[5] As regards the New Temple and the New Jerusalem, these in the universal sense mean the Lord's kingdom, see 402, 940, and in particular a new Church, 2117. There neither burnt offerings nor sacrifices are offered, as may be well known to all; and from this it is evident that burnt offerings and sacrifices mean the celestial things of love and the spiritual things of faith; for these things belong to the Lord's kingdom, and so are akin to the things meant here by young bulls, rams, and lambs. As regards the young bulls and rams, these mean spiritual things, as is clear from each detail in this part of Ezekiel in the internal sense - in general from the fact that specifically the New Temple and the New Jerusalem mean the Lord's spiritual kingdom, while Zion means the celestial kingdom.

[6] That 'a ram' means that which is spiritual, or what amounts to the same, those who are spiritual, is also evident in Daniel. Daniel saw a ram with two horns which was standing before the river; and then he saw a he-goat which struck the ram, broke its horns, and trampled on it, Daniel 8:3-4, and following verses. Here 'the ram' is used to mean nothing else than the spiritual Church, and 'the he-goat' to mean those who are governed by faith separated from charity, that is, by truth separated from good, and who step by step rise up against what is good, and finally against the Lord - as is also described. In Samuel,

Samuel said to Saul, Does Jehovah delight as greatly in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to hearken is better than sacrifice, and to obey than the fat of rams. 1 Samuel 15:22.

Here, since it is obedience - and so truth, which is spiritual - that is spoken of, and since what was said was addressed to the king - who also means truth, 1672, 2015, 2069 - the words used are not therefore 'better than the fat of oxen (or of lambs)' but 'better than the fat of rams'.

[7] In David,

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a foreign people, Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominions. The sea looked and fled, and Jordan turned itself backwards. The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like the young of the flock. What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn yourself backwards? O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like the young of the flock? At the presence of the Lord, you are in labour, O earth; at the presence of the God of Jacob, who turns the rock into a pool of water, and the flint into a fountain of water. Psalms 114:1-end.

This refers in the internal sense to spiritual good following regeneration and describes the nature of that good. The celestial-spiritual nature of it is described as the mountains skipping like rams, and the celestial-natural as hills doing so like the young of the flock - 'mountains' meaning the celestial things of love, see 795, 1430. Anyone may see that these words, like all the rest of David's, contain matters that are holy, but within the internal sense, and that something spiritual is meant by the mountains skipping like rams, and the hills like the young of the flock, and by the earth going into labour at the presence of the Lord. Without the internal sense they would be expressions devoid of any real meaning.

[8] Much the same applies to the following in Moses,

He will cause him to ride over the heights of the land, and will cause him to eat the produce of the land, and will cause him to suck honey out of the crag, and oil out of the flinty rock - butter from the cattle, and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs and rams, the breed 1 of Bashan, and of goats, with the kidney-fat of wheat; and of the blood of the grape you will drink unmixed wine. Deuteronomy 32:13-15.

'Rams, the breed of Bashan' stands for celestial-spiritual things. As to what celestial-spiritual things are, see 1824. In David,

I will offer to You burnt offerings of things full of marrow, with the incense of rams; I will provide ox with he-goats. Psalms 66:15.

'Burnt offerings of things full of marrow' stands for the celestial things of love, 'incense of rams' for the spiritual things of faith.

[9] In Ezekiel,

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, these were the merchants of your hand in lambs, in rams and he-goats. Ezekiel 27:21.

This refers to Tyre, which means those with whom cognitions of good and truth exist, 1201. 'Arabia' stands for their wisdom, 'princes of Kedar' for their intelligence, 'lambs' for celestial things, 'rams' for spiritual things, 'he-goats' for natural things, which come in order one after another. In Isaiah,

The whole flock of Kedar will be gathered to You, the rams of Nebaioth will minister to You; they will come up with acceptance on My altar, and I will beautify My beautiful house. Isaiah 60:7.

This refers to the Lord's Divine Human. 'The flock of Kedar' stands for Divine celestial things, 'the rams of Nebaioth' for Divine spiritual things. From all these references it may now become clear that 'a ram' in the internal sense means the Lord's Divine spiritual; and from this it means that which is spiritual with man, or what amounts to the same, it means spiritual members of the human race.

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